Shavaan Marlie (25) and Clinton Davids (23) were each sentenced on Monday to an effective 28 years in prison for the murders last year of actor Brett Goldin and fashion designer Richard Bloom. The men were sentenced in terms of a plea bargain finalised in the Cape High Court.
On the night of April 16 2006 Goldin and Bloom were shot and killed.
Both men had been to a party in Camp’s Bay and had left the party together in Bloom’s VW Playa.
Their naked bodies were found hours later at a traffic circle on the M5 freeway.
Marlie and Davids faced nine counts — two of murder, two of kidnapping and two of robbery with aggravating circumstances, together with two counts relating to the illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition and one relating to possession of a dangerous weapon.
Initially, 11 suspects were arrested for the murders, including Marlie and Davids.
Four have already been sentenced by way of plea-bargains in the Wynberg Regional Court. ‒ Sapa